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Ryan Blue commented on AVRO-1642:
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Evidently, I thought I had pushed the fix to master but I hadn't. I just did.
> JVM Spec Violation 255 Parameter Limit Exceeded
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>
> Key: AVRO-1642
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1642
> Project: Avro
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: java
> Affects Versions: 1.7.7
> Environment: Windows/Linux all Java
> Reporter: Bryce Alcock
> Assignee: Barry Jones
> Priority: Critical
> Labels: build, maven, specific
> Fix For: 1.8.1
>
> Attachments: AVRO-1642-0.patch, AVRO-1642-1.patch, avro-1642-fail.tar
>
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> The JVM Spec indicates that:
> {quote}The number of method parameters is limited to 255 by the definition of
> a method descriptor (ยง4.3.3), where the limit includes one unit for this in
> the case of instance or interface method invocations. Note that a method
> descriptor is defined in terms of a notion of method parameter length in
> which a parameter of type long or double contributes two units to the length,
> so parameters of these types further reduce the limit. {quote}
> Avro Generated Java code with say more than 255 fields will create a
> constructor that is not valid and won't compile.
> Simple test is to create a 256 field avro schema, use the avro-maven auto
> code gen plugin, and try to compile the resulting class.
> DON'T use linux when doing this use windows, my suspicion is that Linux JavaC
> generates invalid byte code but does not complain.
> Windows will correctly complain indicating that you are a violator of the JVM
> specification.
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